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Feb
8
The pumped up work of Jon Sommariva graces the front page for this week’s Art Attack Friday. A straight-forward comic artist at heart, Sommariva (aka *Red-J on DeviantArt) conveys his characters in the guise of wide-eyed, rough-cut, ready to rumble cartoons. With solid lines and action packed poses, his talent and creativity manages to translate […]
Feb
8
Video Games Normalize Killing?
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Over on Joystiq, they have an interesting post dealing with a TV report on video games and how they “normalize” killing. It’s a great post that shows the idiocy of the sensationalist “news” media. Read it, then come back here for my own rant.
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Original post by Paul and software by Elliott Back
Feb
8
Well, here’s a wacky one. Having raided my local library’s used book section a few weeks back, I’d repurchased a copy of Douglas Adams’ practically psychedelic Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency - one of the most delightfully out-there books of all time - and was happily re-reading it on the train, when I […]
Feb
8
As you may have noticed, Destructoid has not posted the Achievements yet for GTA4. We also, retracted a little bit of Nick’s rumor post earlier and have not added anything else concerning the story or gameplay. Now the question is, "Why?" Let me explain.
We found out some information a few days ago that seemed to […]
Feb
8
The Smash DOJO!! spoilers recap: Samus loves to strip
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Since everything from this point out is now being considered spoilers, the name of this feature must evolve with Sakurai’s wishes. On Monday, Captain Falcon’s stage, Port Town Aero Dive, was shown off. It’s from F-Zero GX and is more or less similar to the Melee F-Zero stage as you’re on a platform that flies […]
Feb
8
Codemasters looking for descendants of man who almost killed Winston Churchill
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Yes, Codemasters is really looking for anyone who is a descendant of the Taxi Cab driver who hit Winston Churchill with his car while he was visiting New York on December 13th, 1931. In Codemasters upcoming game, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, they’re exploring an alternate reality where the cab driver that struck Churchill ended […]
Feb
8
I hope you all are enjoying this wonderful Friday evening, for things are about to heat up once Friday Night Fights roles around. There are some new games in the rotation (Culdcept Saga, Poker Smash), as well as some familiar, yet ancient ones too (Gears of War).
If you’re dying of anticipation for 10:00 p.m. EST […]
Feb
8
Chad representin’ Destructoid tonight on GameTrailers TV
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A couple of weeks ago I got a call from GameTrailers asking if I would like to represent Destructoid on the site’s new television show, GameTrailers TV. Since I would do anything for Destructoid (and I mean anything) I quickly agreed.
The segment myself and other “industry insiders” taped airs during tonight’s episode and will focus […]
Feb
8
Chad representin Destructoid tonight on GameTrailers TV
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A couple of weeks ago I got a call from GameTrailers asking if I would like to represent Destructoid on the site’s new television show, GameTrailers TV. Since I would do anything for Destructoid (and I mean anything) I quickly agreed.
The segment myself and other “industry insiders” taped airs during tonight’s episode and will focus […]
Feb
8
Good Idea, Bad Idea: Customizing your RPG party
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[The Monthly Musings theme continues on with ZargonX’s take with customizing RPG parties. — CTZ]
In most cases, when you sit down to play an RPG, there are a few safe assumptions you can make. You will probably be killing things, you will probably be collecting XP and earning levels, and you […]